Topic: Where's everyone at (Read 3089 times)

jeremyr · « **on:** August 24, 2011, 02:11:57 PM »

just checking in to see what all you guys are up to.

CallowHill · « **Reply #1 on:** August 25, 2011, 12:24:00 PM »

Haven't seen you here in awhile dude! I was worried my presence on here would be more prominent than yours. Where YOU at?

jeremyr · « **Reply #2 on:** August 25, 2011, 01:37:41 PM »

been slaving behind this keyboard.

malthumb · « **Reply #3 on:** August 25, 2011, 02:52:54 PM »

Me?

Kicking over various hornet's nests over in the Gospel Lounge
Beating and getting beat by SJonathan02 and SirTJ on Words with Friends
Selling off ALL my "heavy gear" and committing full tilt to a lightweight MarkBass backline
Whupping my Praise Team into shape for next month's revival
Learning 4 sets of material (45 songs) for my secular gig

Where you been?

floaded27 · « **Reply #4 on:** August 25, 2011, 03:52:11 PM »

Quote from: jeremyr on August 25, 2011, 01:37:41 PM

been slaving behind this keyboard.

i hear ya. life is one big "for loop"

been practicing bass and keys,
got my laptop so learning how to use Reaper to switch all my stuff over and continue on with recording

Quote from: malthumb on August 25, 2011, 02:52:54 PM

Me?
Kicking over various hornet's nests over in the Gospel Lounge
Beating and getting beat by SJonathan02 and SirTJ on Words with Friends
Selling off ALL my "heavy gear" and committing full tilt to a lightweight MarkBass backline
Whupping my Praise Team into shape for next month's revival
Learning 4 sets of material (45 songs) for my secular gig

dang. we ALL need a vacation after all that!!!!

BassbyGrace · « **Reply #5 on:** August 25, 2011, 06:22:09 PM »

I feel you mal. Ive got 30 charts to learn for my army band show next month, a bunch of new CCM tunes since Im new to the church band, AND been shedding real book because I got a bunch of jazz combo gigs coming fast (like Sat). Havent had much time to do any new videos, but Im trying.

mjl422 · « **Reply #6 on:** August 25, 2011, 07:17:46 PM »

Man, you guys make me fell like a slouch.

I'm workng on learning approx. 30-35 songs for my church (no particular timeline). Our bass player passed so, I started playing for my church about 1-1/2 months ago (after about a 6-7 year layoff).

floaded27 · « **Reply #7 on:** August 25, 2011, 11:27:46 PM »

and here i thought the 5 or 6 songs I had to learn for choir day in November was work. Compared to you guys, i'm just 1 step above playing Guitar Hero or Rock Band

malthumb · « **Reply #8 on:** August 25, 2011, 11:57:44 PM »

Quote from: floaded27 on August 25, 2011, 11:27:46 PM

and here i thought the 5 or 6 songs I had to learn for choir day in November was work. Compared to you guys, i'm just 1 step above playing Guitar Hero or Rock Band

Not necessarily. A lot of the 45 songs is remembering stuff that I used to play way back when (Pointer Sisters "Fire", Taste of Honey "Boogie Oogie Oogie", Sly Stone "Thank Ewe Faletinme Be Mice Elf Again", etc). A lot of them are really easy songs where the tough part is remembering the changes (Adele "Rolling In The Deep", Lady GaGa "Paparazzi"). The rest are things that I never heard before, but now I think are really cool (John Mayer Trio "Vultures", Ingrid Michaelsson "The Way I Am"). And a few where I have to play and sing at the same time (GnR "Knockin' On Heaven's Door", Ray Charles "I Got A Woman", Prince "Never Take The Place Of Your Man").

None of that stuff is hard. It's just remember changes and coordinating the vocals.

Gemini47 · « **Reply #9 on:** August 26, 2011, 10:51:27 AM »

Hello jeremyr. How are things going man? I have read some of your post on the site. Thanks for the information you have shared with us newbie bass guys on here.

tewest86 · « **Reply #10 on:** August 26, 2011, 11:22:38 AM »

Rehearsing amost every night at this major Church I now play at in NO. When I'm not at rehearsal, I'm somewhere playing for somebody usually. But now, i'm really focused on learning this organ. I've never played piano or anything before so I'm starting from scratch. The good thing is I aready know theory and what this bass notes are so it shouldn't be like when I learned bass. I didn't know ANYTHING when I started bass. I'm watching organ players on youtube constantly and trying to get my muscle memory down. My new hero is now MIKE BEREAL. This is what I've been doing for the past month.


Take it Back (Dorinda Clark Cole)

jeremyr · « **Reply #11 on:** August 26, 2011, 03:24:48 PM »

Quote from: malthumb on August 25, 2011, 02:52:54 PM

Me?
Kicking over various hornet's nests over in the Gospel Lounge
Beating and getting beat by SJonathan02 and SirTJ on Words with Friends
Selling off ALL my "heavy gear" and committing full tilt to a lightweight MarkBass backline
Whupping my Praise Team into shape for next month's revival
Learning 4 sets of material (45 songs) for my secular gig

Where you been?

sadly working back to back 12-16 hour shifts for the last couple of months.....release date is coming up and I had tore-architect and recode the entire front end of our base b2b product offering

phbrown · « **Reply #12 on:** August 27, 2011, 04:25:48 PM »

Quote from: floaded27 on August 25, 2011, 03:52:11 PM

dang. we ALL need a vacation after all that!!!!

+1

I don't know you do it Malthumb

phbrown · « **Reply #13 on:** August 31, 2011, 11:20:11 PM »

Quote from: phbrown on August 27, 2011, 04:25:48 PM

+1

I don't know how you do it Malthumb

Mysteryman · « **Reply #14 on:** September 01, 2011, 04:10:28 PM »

I've been cake baking as they day. lol I'm getting married next year. I have not been on the site much and have not been practicing too much in the last year or so. Good thing I already got my basses before this. I should have got my Hammond organ before I started dating. Lol

T-Block · « **Reply #15 on:** September 01, 2011, 04:52:48 PM »

Grad school.

phbrown · « **Reply #16 on:** September 02, 2011, 09:38:51 PM »

Quote from: Mysteryman on September 01, 2011, 04:10:28 PM

I've been cake baking as they day. lol I'm getting married next year. I have not been on the site much and have not been practicing too much in the last year or so. Good thing I already got my basses before this. I should have got my Hammond organ before I started dating. Lol

ROFL yeah you should've got that hammmond

malthumb · « **Reply #17 on:** September 02, 2011, 09:52:25 PM »

Quote from: T-Block on September 01, 2011, 04:52:48 PM

Grad school.

Good move!

ssabass · « **Reply #18 on:** September 03, 2011, 12:52:24 PM »

What's up everyone. Don't get on as much as I used to, i've been really busy. I have been checking out the site from my phone, just haven't been posting anything. A lot has been going on, but God has been really carrying me through all of the stuff that is happening. In the past few months my life has been turned upside down. But, God stepped in! I'm still gigging with my Jazz band & I hooked back up with this keyboard player & this crazy drummer(the drummer I just met) & they are trying to get me back in the gospel scene. Man but these young cats are killin. I'm 47 & the other two cats are twenty something. I am going to continue to play with these brothas, cause both are great musicians & I know that it will just make me a better musician. We played a couple of weeks ago at the drummers B-day party & the songs that we played were easy, it was just remembering all the turns in the song. I also played a song in 7/8 for the first time. Ya'll keep me in your prayers & check out Donald Alford II, he's a bad brotha.

gambit23435 · « **Reply #19 on:** September 13, 2011, 09:26:52 AM »

Whass up fellow Bass musicians, I've been pretty busy lately. Haven't had to many opportunities to pop back and check in. Just finished playing a stage production for FatihWalk Production here in VA. Plus tons of new material to learn for church. Plus I'm back in school looking to earn my engineering degree.

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